Publications

a retrospective study of mortality in pennsylvania captive white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus): 20000--2003.	the postmortem records of 160 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) submitted for necropsy examination from 59 separate pennsylvania captive deer farms over a 3.5-year period were reviewed to determine the primary cause of death of each animal. the most common causes of death were bronchopneumonia (39 cases), enterocolitis (30 cases), malnutrition (13 cases), and trauma (11 cases). other causes of mortality included severe gastrointestinal parasitism (6 cases), cellulitis with septicemia (5 ...	2004	15586566
slaughterhouse survey of pyelonephritis in dairy cows.	twenty-one rejected kidneys from 2426 slaughtered dairy cows (0.87 per cent) had gross signs of pyelonephritis that were confirmed by histopathology. in all the kidneys the findings were consistent with a chronic rather than an acute infection. one species of bacteria was cultured from 12 of the kidneys and two species of bacteria were cultured from six. the most commonly isolated bacteria were escherichia coli, from eight kidneys, arcanobacterium pyogenes, from seven kidneys and corynebacterium ...	2005	16299366
mortality in pennsylvania captive elk (cervus elaphus): 1998-2006.	the necropsy records of 65 elk ranging from 1 day to 13(1/2) years of age were reviewed to determine the primary cause of death of each animal. the animal carcasses were submitted from 22 separate pennsylvania elk farms over an approximately 8-year period. the most common causes of mortality in animals in which the cause of death was determined were gastrointestinal parasitism (21 cases), pneumonia (7 cases), enterocolitis (5 cases), malnutrition (5 cases), and rumenitis/acidosis (5 cases). the ...	2007	17459871